India

India is one of the biggest markets for German manufacturers and there is a huge potential to enter its market and at the same time Germany is the one of the leading trade partner of India in EU.

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Standards plays an important role in any bilateral trade between any two countries. India is one of the biggest markets for German manufacturers and there is a huge potential to enter its market and at the same time Germany is the one of the leading trade partner of India in EU. To further enhance the bilateral trade a common standards between India and Germany is important. To reach this goal Germany being one of the active contributors to IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is supporting Indian stakeholders to actively participate at International Standardization.

Indo-German Yearly roundtable meeting

3rd meeting of the Indo-German Working Group

Meeting on Quality Infrastructure for Cooperation in Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Product Safety.

14th - 15th January 2016: New Delhi

Meeting on Quality Infrastructure for Cooperation in Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Product Safety.

DKE coordinates with the German experts to support the events that are planned with the Indian counterpart in various topics. DKE participates in workshops, meetings, exchange of information on standards activities at National, Regional and at International Level including our DKE Standards Roadmaps on topics such as Smart Grids, Smart Cities, IT Security, LVDC (Low Voltage Direct Current), Electrical Safety, Energy Efficiency in household appliances.

General Informations

History of the bilateral cooperation between our two countries

During the Indo-German intergovernmental consultations in Berlin in April 2013, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD) agreed to set up the bilateral Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure for cooperation which addresses standardization, conformity assessment and product safety. These three areas are key components of quality infrastructure, ensuring the quality and safety of products and services, promoting consumer protection and facilitating international trade. Both countries consider a well-functioning quality infrastructure to be essential to their national economic development.

Indo-German Yearly roundtable meeting

DKE is one of the important stakeholders under Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure for cooperation and actively participates in various projects where all the standards related topics are discussed.

DKE is one of the important stakeholders under Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure for cooperation and actively participates in various projects where all the standards related topics are discussed.

Technical cooperation has been agreed in 19 areas as part of the work plan for 2015 and 2016, which was approved in Berlin in January 2015 out of which 11 are Electrotechnical related topics namely:1. Smart grid / Micro grid2. Smart Cities3. Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC)4. Product Safety5. Conformity Assessment Procedures6. Exchange of staff members – “Liaison Officers”7. Standards cooperation in medical locations8. Energy efficiency in standards for household appliances and testing infrastructure9. Standardization activities as part of the PTB project “Strengthening Quality Infrastructure for the Solar Industry”10. Renewable Energy11. Digital Technologies & IT Security

We coordinate with our German experts to support the events that are planned with our Indian counterpart in various topics. We participate in workshops, meetings, exchange of information on standards activities at National, Regional and at International Level including our DKE Standards Roadmaps on topics such as Smart Grids, Smart Cities, IT Security, LVDC (Low Voltage Direct Current), Electrical Safety, Energy Efficiency in household appliances.

Picture: Delegation from Indo-German Ministries/Organizations of the 3rd meeting of the Indo-German Working Group 14-15.01.2016, New Delhi-India.

Indo-German Focus Group Meeting

Focus Group was formed in 2015 with an aim to watch the projects going on under focus areas and support the projects when there is a problem by finding solutions to it. Following are the focus areas:

Smart Grids / Micro Grids

Smart Cities

LVDC

Product Safety

CA (Conformity Assessment)

India Ministries and Organizations

MoCAMinistry of Consumer Affairs DKE participates in yearly roundtable meetings on Indo-German Quality Infrastructure Working Group with Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India. Under the priority projects DKE participates every half a year with Indian ministry for Indo-German Focus Group meeting to monitor and steer the priority projects.more informations

BISBureau of Indian Standards BIS is DKE’s cooperation partner for all standards activities under Indo-German Quality Infrastructure. We cooperate at various levels with BIS by participating in:

FICCIFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IndustrySmart Cities, Product Safety, Digital Technologies & IT Security are some of the areas where FICCI is cooperating with DKE to share information and best practices on Standards.more informations

MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyDKE is supporting and coordinating with MNRE in sharing PV related standards activities at IEC.more informations

CII Confederation of Indian Industry has shown a lot of interest in the area of Product Safety, Industrie 4.0/Smart Manufacturing to cooperate with DKE and we have shared ourDKE Roadmap on Industrie 4.0.more informations

German Ministries and Organizations

BMWi DKE supports and works closely with BMWi in developing strategy for Indo-German Quality Infrastructure Cooperation and also participate in major discussion when it comes to promoting International Standards outside Germany.more informations

SIEMENSSiemens experts regularly participate in developing international, regional and national standards and DKE supports German experts to address the bottle necks they have in placing their product in Indian market through encouraging India to harmonize with international standards.more informations

VDEMutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between two countries or continents can be reached when there are common standards and DKE supports all the Testing and Certification Institutes in decimating the standards that are of interest to both countries.more informations

DINDIN being German National Standards Body, DKE closely coordinates with DIN in topics which are of common interest and also promoting ISO/IEC standards in the area of Smart Cities, Product Safety, etc.more informations

PTBPTB and DKE are working on PV sector in cooperation with Indian stakeholders to help adopt International standards and best practices.more informations

Bender GmbHBender GmbH is well known for its expertise in Electrical safety and their experts participate in developing international standards and DKE supports Bender in promoting Electrical Safety Standards in India.more informations